“What’s not to like?” – Norse Mythology by Neil Gaiman

"What this isn't is comprehensive. What you get for your money is 16 relatively short retellings of famous stories, told - it has to be said - with a seeming effortlessness that means you lap up the book in a matter of hours. Now, we say "seeming effortlessness" knowing that therein lies Gaiman's skill. It takes, we are sure, a lot of work to make a story feel easy in the telling..."

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